Hula, surfing, Kona coffee and Spam musubi are all at home in Hawai‘i. But did you know we have the only commercial vanilla farms in the U.S., or that Here are five things that are distinctive to ...

The finalists for Georgia Tech’s annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition just dropped.

We live in a time when many of us have learned to expect the unexpected... especially when it comes to the news. But every now and again, a headline will pop up that defies logic, seems completely ...

I played famous commercial jingles using a variety of cool instruments from around the world, turning familiar tunes into a ...

The iconic Nokia ringtone gets a global musical makeover, recreated using epic instruments from around the world. From traditional drums to stringed instruments, each rendition brings its own cultural ...

Magnets keep strings suspended without anchor points, and pushing a magnet piece bends notes, so you get expressive sounds with simple moves.

The 28th annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition includes a Fiddle-Henge, a modified bicycle wheel, and a 'Demon Box.' ...

Charles R. Goulding traces how Yale University’s unique commitment to elite, fully funded music education and its collaboration with Forte 3D on a hybrid carbon fiber cello—supported by Shark Tank ...

Can a single string produce sound? Yes, a single string really can. The Jing ethnic group’s single-stringed instrument, through the plucking of its string by the fingertips, weaves the breath of the ...

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Cast and crew breathing and vocalizing together. Banging giant metal plates in a London warehouse. Inventing impressionistic vocal colors for the Elizabethan era. Hiring a 90-piece orchestra to ...